Spiral Knights - Extra Tall Height not that good?

Extra Tall Height not that good?

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Thu, 04/19/2012 - 23:52

Kielos

I just stood next to someone in the marketplace who had used the "Extra Tall Height" item and we appear to be almost the exact same height outside of the "Inspect screen."

For those wondering how I made this conclusion, I measured it from the "Inspect screen" relative to the background, with the EXACT same equipment on, and double-checked my theory via preview in the AH (you can tell from inspect that he is taller, but you can't tell in the open world... which is the primary reason I imagine anyone would get the item?).

Any thoughts on this? It's also noteworthy that the height difference is very obvious when someone is using "Extra Short Height." Why should the "Extra Tall Height" be any different?

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 00:14

Plasma-Panda

I really think it needs to be

I really think it needs to be on par with Feron with the amount of effort it takes to get it. I'd at least like to be bulkier. There is just too little a difference between Tall and Extra Tall.

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 00:22

Shue-Donnym

Worth the weight.

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 02:59

Coldize

lol

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 04:47

Sirenblue

Yeah, what panda said; The difference between sizes are just scaling of the bodies. The shape is pretty much the same.
It's only noticeable in Inspect, so basically it's just personal eye candy.

Had initial doubts on getting hight changes because of using my own height to measure the difference between large minerals and giant minerals. Now with the small difference, just meh.

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 08:18

Kielos

Well, it's not only

Well, it's not ONLY noticeable on inspect for BOTH of them... that was kind of my whole point.

If you see someone who has the Extra Short modifier, you can very clearly tell that they have it (both inside and outside of inspect). You can't with the Extra Tall modifier... so that was the whole conflict I was bringing up

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 09:06

Numnut

for Plasma-panda's comment. I personally want a guardian shield to always carry around. They dwarf everything else that we have.

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 09:51

Flashfox

yes

It has pissed me off ever since I got it. On certain armors you look a lot taller and get to see the full effect of extra tall (especially on wolver) but other armors just make you look reg. height. I hope to see it modified, to make me look actually EXTRA tall.

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:34

Bluescreenofdeath

I had the same experience.

I had the same experience. You can tell in the Preview/Character screen, however, you cannot really tell outside of that.

I even tried putting on a Wolver set & standing over top of a friend who also had on a Wolver set, but did not have the height mod. There was no difference in our heights in heaven. I would post a screen, but there is no way to prove that I have the height mod on my character by screen shot.

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 12:11

Katmint

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Really? I find all the height changes are extremely noticeable in haven, though it's sometimes hard to tell between short and very short depending on the gear they're using.

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 12:44

#10

Juances

I can tell too if you sperate them, but when you throw in some regular dudes, everything blends in and thay all look the same.

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 14:14

#11

Lan-The-Wizard

I want sudaruska to be a toothpick compared to me.

What would be best if the tall heights came with bulky as well.

I could easily differentiate between normal and extra small.

Not so well with extra tall.

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 03:45

#12

Defenderknight

...

I also hope they make extra tall height bulkier.
Coz it pisses me off when u stand beside Feron, Wardens or Desna and u look way shorter than them.......

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 11:00

#13

Shidara

Since I'm wearing Chaos 99% of the time, I appear to be the same height as most 'Tall' Knights, despite being 'Extra Tall'. People are only going to notice if you're wearing something which stands out as being tall already or if they're standing right next to your character.

So yeah. It's not really worth the ~20K E they charge for it unless you're absolutely dying to be as tall as you can be.

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 11:05

#14

Addy

Knights' heads stay the same

Knights' heads stay the same size no matter which height they are (at least, that seems to be the case, maybe a small change, but definitely not as much of a change as the body itself), so as you change the proportions and scale of the head vs. body it's harder to tell as you get taller unless you're in the same costume set. The viewing angle of the game most of the time, too, makes it tougher, unless you're Inspecting, as mentioned.

Extra Small is much more noticeable than Tall because you're head is nearly half the size as your body, whereas with Tall or Very Tall your head is more "normally" proportioned.

I sometimes forget that there's a difference between Normal and Tall even, haha.

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 11:44

#15

Poomph

/facepalm

Necro? You srs bro?

Please check the time stamps on threads before posting.

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 12:05

#16

Skepticraven

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Still an interesting discussion.
And want another interesting fact?
Movable objects change to the knight's height.
Have two knights, one short and another tall, pick up a statue in FSC and place them next to each other. The statues will not be the same height.

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 12:05

#17

Addy

My bad, I usually do before

My bad, I usually do before posting, and I actually did... just not up to the year. ;_; I saw it was the same day as today, haha.

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 13:48

#18

Bamzalot

Dat Time Though

Last post of 2012: Fri, 04/20/2012

First post of 2014: Sun, 04/20/2014

So the day of the post is also important! Good to know.

Tue, 04/22/2014 - 04:28

#19

Rothni-Halias

We need an Extra Medium height modifier!

I remembered that there was a comparison shot on the wiki. Checking it definitively shows that the height differences are uneven for the two highest heights.

EXTall
[8 pixels]
Tall
[7 pixels]
Med
[12 pixels]
Short
[12 pixels]
EXShort

This clearly shows that The difference between medium, short, and extra short are larger than the differences between medium, tall, and extra tall.

Sorry for the terrible resize on it, but this shows what I did.

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